Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Signage alert: M&M Bagels on 1st Avenue

Photo by Steven 

Signage is up now for M&M Bagels at 186 First Ave. between 11th Street and 12th Street.

It’s unclear whether this spot is connected to the other M&M Bagels in the metropolitan area. We found one in Islip Terrace and another in Astoria. The logos suggest otherwise. 

M&M takes over the space from Lilly's Shakes & Crepes, which never actually opened after a spring 2024 signage alert

Anyway, good luck to the owners — there is stiff bagel competition around here ..

5 comments:

E J Kalafarski said...

I'd love for someone to bring back a neighborhood wings place that isn't Buffalo Wild Wings, after losing both Atomic Wings and Dan & John's.

#DONTEVERCALLMEBRO said...

"Anyway, good luck to the owners — there is stiff bagel competition around here .."

Yes indeed. There are 2 TS Bagel shops, 1 Apollo Bagel shop, FOUR bagel shops ion 1st Ave between 15th Street and 21st Street. ,

elyse said...

Another bagel shop? I mean, good luck and all but I'd really like to understand this owner's thinking.

Queef_McGee said...

The lines at Apollo and Tompkins suggests there's space for another bagel place...

Steve said...

Sure, all they have to do is to get TikTok "influencers" to tell their followers that unless they go there and Insta themselves they might as well die. There are reasons TSB and Apollo are popular, and it's not necessarily because they're any good.